as a post script, i've done the recording but i've lost my mp3 decoder, (due to my PC crash) so i shall get these new songs up-loaded ASAP.

phill

i'd like to apologise to all you American types, i didnt mean to make it sound as if the leader of the "free" world makes tedious viewing, well it does, but thing is we know who our leaders are, dont we? OK so give us a break. there must be some entertainment in the video archive? i'll be very glad when all the broo ha ha dies down. i'm so glad though that it all went off without a hitch...terrorists and the like.

ps i raised a glass or two to the happy couple last night, my head is still thumping....

phill

hey zurf, sounds like your TV over the pond is as bad as ours. we do all share a common thread though; what we call SKY TV over here, in australia it's called FOXTEL and as it all belongs to rupert murdoch (who was born in OZ) i guess we all get sludged with the same excrement!

although i can say with some authority that TV in OZ is much much worse than UK TV.

"reality TV" seems to be a world-wide pandemic though. you get it whether you want it or not. there must be someone out there watching it? but i cant for the life of me work out why.

my son brought the paper down today (saturday) half was news of the wedding, the other half was 50/50 sport and adds. which is why i dont buy a paper! if i want the news i look on the internet.

phill

let's get one thing straight,

     I AM PROUD TO BE WELSH, ALSO BRITISH,

but my god, it's only a flipping wedding, there wasnt all this fuss when i got married!, in fact it was lucky the wife turned up or i'd have been there on my own....ha ha.

the wife is loving it and she called me for the kiss on the balcony, she told me that i didnt have a romantic bone in my body when i told her to get a grip...

as for our colonial friends; in Oz, NZ and US, they are our royal family so i dont expect you to have any feelings about the wedding...no probs. why then are we stuck with your presidential elections on TV?

hi tony,

yep feeling a lot better now, though i'm still having probs with my PC. it must have missed me so much when i was in kangaroo land it fell on it's own sword, then left me the pieces to put back together again...still struggling!

now back to the new one, yes, short and sweet, i like the title, it fits nicely. images are strong as i'd expect from you, in fact well worth another listen or two.

NB. for the last few months, My space has been a nightmare for me as music and video was freezing up, so now with my hard drive almost empty, i can listen from start to finnish without interuption!

again, triff tune, are you entering it in any comps?

phill

(pass me the cement, will ya?)

hi steelstrings,

i agree with everything written above.

my own method goes like this;

1) i may be practicing and a chord progression comes to my fingers followed by some words, they may not be sensible words but that matters very little at this point, as words can be re-written later.

i try not to think of a subject before hand, as that gets in the way quite often.

2) at work, i sometimes have a minute and a line or a fraze my come to mind, so i write it down (it's always handy to have pen and paper handy!). if you have a mobile phone with a recording fascility you can capture any tune on that for later reference.

3) keep a note pad and pen beside the bed. i get a lot of songs popping into my head as i wake in the mornings.

4) i allow the song to dictate the flow and/or story line. a song may seem to be heading in one direction in the first line, but by the 2nd verse it may be taking you somewhere far more exciting.

finally, dont concentrate on love songs or driving songs. or heart-ache or beer! a song can be about any subject you choose, so dont worry too much if it comes out as a story about your
sunday lunch.

most of all enjoy the experience

phill

ps, no-one gets it right first time

hi flybye

so sad that you have to answer your own poem!

it's a nice piece of work, and i identify with it wholeheartedly as most of my stuff revolves around my wife too, 30 years in may....

(married not her age ha ha)

phill

i get the impression that this would make a great country song.

it's not really long, if you put two lines into one and doubled up the verses it would only be half as long on the page.

if this is a true story, stop kicking your self and learn the lesson for next time.

nice write, i'll say it again, make a good song

phill

there are some really great lines here. here's one from a band you might not have heard of ...

she wakes up. she makes up. she takes her time and doesn't feel she has to hurry, she no longer needs you. pm

yeah, a kick in the teeth

phill